What do you ultimately believe in?
Do you believe in God? Do you believe in science? Do you believe in democracy? Do you believe in evolution? Do you believe in life after death? Do you believe in reality? Do you believe in You? Do you believe in a lot of different things?
I believe I’m about to puke.
Believing is crippling yourself! It’s a made-up answer that you put in the place where knowledge should be. Don’t go around believing in things! You either know or you don’t know. Period. Belief is a clinging. Faith however is letting go. Faith rocks.
Enlightenment; Cosmic Consciousness; Awakening, Illumination; Samadhi; Born Again; The Holy Grail; The Pearl of Great Price; The Philosopher’s Stone.
These are some of the names given at different times and places to describe something that cannot be described plainly in words because it is a state of knowledge that is beyond the reach of words and symbols. It is not something that can be taught directly from one person to another. You must figure it out for yourself.
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.”
“Those who Know do not say. Those who say, do not Know.”
Despite the truth that lies behind the words above, I’m going to give it the old Invisible College try. None of what follows will ultimately make sense. That’s the point here. It is important that the reader understand that the Thing referred to above is paradox itself. This is the meaning behind the symbol of the pyramid topped by an eye. The edifice of Understanding is built upon logic. Each layer becomes smaller as our understanding becomes more refined.
Eventually we pull it all together to reach the very pinnacle and then suddenly, at the very peak of attainment…the bottom drops out and we find ourselves going back down. So we turn around and climb back up only to plunge over the top and then down again… Finally it dawns on us that logic has a limit. It can only take us so far…
This is the Knowledge symbolized by the open eye.
At that point, you Know with a capital “K” what you are and what the world around you is. The point here is that this all-important piece of knowledge can be reached through logic. By simply thinking it all through. Call it meditation or contemplation or whatever you want. That’s why I prefer the term “Philosopher’s Stone”. It can be attained by thinking about reality and just like in the old tales of alchemy, once you have it, you can change dross into purest gold. And the world around you into the Kingdom of Heaven…